Severe storms knock out power to 100,000, flooding roads and crushing trees

11:10 PM,
Jun. 27, 2013

Trees came down in Waterford, bringing down power lines and crashing through fences.

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A line of severe thunderstorms swept through southeast Michigan this afternoon, with drenching rains causing flooding and high winds knocking down trees. The storms left 100,000 DTE Energy customers - including 80,000 in Oakland County - without power.

"The biggest thing we've got with this is flooding," said Sara Schultz, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in White Lake Township. "There have been reports of roads covered in water in areas from Saginaw all the way to Ann Arbor."

The National Weather Service issued flood advisories for Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, ...